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Bucko Deposit

Occurrence in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, PGE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095412
MRDS ID M046972
Record type Site
Current site name Bucko Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.65606, 54.87783 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.65606, 54.87783
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ni. Sulphides In Schist And Serpentinite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIRST ENTRY FROM SURFACE DRILLING RESULTS ( 1971 ); SECOND ENTRY FROM UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION ( 1972 ).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 340.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • COMPLETED EXPLORATION SHAFT TO 1,117 FT.; DROVE CROSSCUT ON 1,000 FT LEVEL FOR UNDERGROUND DID; 1972 .

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEV. DEPENDS ON CORPORATE PRIORITIES. FINE - GRAINED NATURE OF DEPOSIT CREATES PROBLEMS IN THE PROD. OF ACCEPTABLE GRADE CONCENTRATE WITH LOW TAILINGS LOSS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, CRANSTONE, AND VALLEE, KNOWN MIN. CA., 1978 : DEPT. ENERGY MINES RESOURCES CA., BULL. MR 181

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1973 - 74 : NO. MINER, P. 126

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS ETAL., 1978 , KNOWN MIN. CA. NOT MINED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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